Australian swimmer Shayna Jack says she’s going to retire on the finish of the Commonwealth Video games.
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Jack was a part of gold medal relay-winning groups on the Olympic Video games, world championships and Commonwealth Video games.
In a video posted to social media with coach Dean Boxall, Jack mentioned she was leaving the game together with her head held excessive after a profession crammed with ups and downs.
“I am extraordinarily happy with the whole lot I’ve achieved in my swimming profession,” she mentioned.
“I can’t wait to complete on the Commonwealth Video games, Glasgow.
“I’ve at all times beloved the Commonwealth Video games, so it’s a excellent approach to give again to my Australian neighborhood, do myself proud and stroll away with a smile on my face.”
Jack received her first Commonwealth Video games gold medal as a part of Australia’s 4x100m freestyle relay staff in Birmingham, 2018.
She served a 24-month competitors ban after an unlawful substance, Ligandrol, was present in her system. Jack at all times denied deliberately taking a banned substance.
Jack was chosen for her first Olympic Video games in Paris, 2024, the place she received gold medals within the ladies’s 4x100m freestyle relay and the ladies’s 4x200m freestyle relay.
“I am actually happy with what swimming made me,” Jack mentioned in her retirement video.
“I am not simply happy with medals or the world information. That is by no means what I swam for.
“I swam as a result of I needed to make a distinction. I needed to be somebody folks regarded as much as.”
The 2026 Commonwealth Video games are being held within the Scottish metropolis of Glasgow, from July 23 to August 2.
